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Re: PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS SHORTCUTS
From: Alexander Kiwerski <alex () winstar net>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 14:22:28 -0800
Verified on Windows XP Pro SP1. Crashes Explorer everytime. /Alex Kiwerski At 05:19 AM 3/15/2003 -0800, S G Masood wrote:
PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS SHORTCUTS ============================================================================================== Topic: Problems with Windows Shortcuts Tested With: Windows 98, Windows 2000 Server Author: S.G.Masood (sgmasood () yahoo com) ============================================================================================== ============================================================================================== DESCRIPTION: There is a problem with the way Windows (tested with Win98 and Win2k Server) handles shortcut (.lnk) files. A specially crafted shortcut will crash explorer.exe/shell32.dll. A shortcut, say, A.lnk is created and it is made to point to another shortcut B.lnk. Then, B.lnk is made to point to A.lnk. Now when the folder containing these two files is viewed or accessed in any way, explorer crashes.
Current thread:
- PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS SHORTCUTS S G Masood (Mar 15)
- Re: PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS SHORTCUTS Alexander Kiwerski (Mar 17)
- Re: PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS SHORTCUTS Dan Daggett (Mar 20)